Hamza Hendawi

Foreign Correspondent

Cairo

Fighting in Sudan’s Darfur kills 250 and forces 100,000 to flee

Latest round of violence underlines fragility of security situation in volatile Sudan region

January 24, 2021

(L to R) Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed gives a press conference, accompanied by doctor Abdelmouim Selem and medical staff member Ahmed Hemdan, in a tent set up outside the Abou Khalifa hospital, in Ismailia after the two men received a dose of a coronavirus vaccine. AFP

Egypt launches Covid-19 vaccination campaign

Health workers given priority in country's push to immunise population against virus

January 24, 2021

Members of the Amhara Special Forces sit on the top of a truck while another member looks on in the city of Alamata, Ethiopia. AFP

Domestic pressures in Sudan and Ethiopia whet appetite for war

Deadly clashes, a war of words and amassing troops near the border fuelled tension between the two neighbours

January 21, 2021

Gezira Island, Cairo, is home to the historic Gezira Sporting Club. EPA

Exclusive Cairo club in hot water over lewd cake controversy

Gezira Sporting Club hosted a gathering that sparked a police investigation and possible criminal charges

January 19, 2021

A demonstrator holds a sign that says "all of the country is Darfur, #PeaceFirst" during a protest outside the Sudanese Professionals Association in Khartoum. AFP

Clashes in Sudan’s West Darfur leave 129 dead amid growing concerns

The weekend violence forced thousands out of their homes while there are shortages of food, water and medicine

January 19, 2021

Sudanese security forces pictured in Genena, the capital of West Darfur state, in 2016. AFP

Violence in West Darfur kills 83

Authorities impose curfew across Sudanese region

January 17, 2021

A trove of ancient coffins and artefacts on display that Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass and his team unearthed in a vast necropolis, in Saqqara, south of Cairo. AP

Huge archaeological find in Egypt includes 50 mummies and a temple

Famed archaeologist Zahi Hawass says the discoveries 'rewrite the history' of Saqqara

January 17, 2021

Al Fashqa is within Sudan's international boundaries, but had long been settled by Ethiopian farmers Credit Sudan Military

Ethiopia-Sudan border conflict escalates with Al Burhan visit

Sudan's top general says Ethiopia must 'suffer consequences' of starting the most recent round of hostilities

January 14, 2021

Dr Mennat-Allah El Dorry specialises in archaeobotany and the history of food in Egypt. Mahmoud Nasr

Not all mummies and statues: meet the Egyptian archaeologist studying ancient food

Dr Mennat-Allah El Dorry is tracing the origins of some of Egypt's favourite foods

January 14, 2021

Ethiopian soldiers rest at the 5th Battalion of the Northern Command of the Ethiopian Army in Dansha, Ethiopia. AFP

Sudan blames Ethiopia for civilian deaths amid fears of new conflict

Relations between the two governments, which both field substantial armed forces, are rapidly worsening

January 13, 2021

Egypt's members of parliament attend a session in Cairo on April 16, 2019. AFP Photo

More women than ever join Egypt’s new parliament

Hifny El Gibaly is seen as a moderate in a new chamber, which has increased diversity among deputies

January 13, 2021

Qatar Airways said it would operate a daily service to Riyadh. Reuters

Egypt reopens airspace to flights from Qatar

Cairo follows similar moves by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE

January 12, 2021

A Palestinian man looks towards the Israeli settlement of Shavei Shomron, built next to the Palestinian village of Naqoura, north-west of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. AFP

Quartet countries call for US co-operation on Middle East peace process

Egypt, Jordan, Germany and France are ready to work with the Biden administration on Israel-Palestine negotiations

January 11, 2021

Medics attend to a patient in the coronavirus ward of the Sheikh Zayed hospital in the Egyptian capital Cairo on April 29, 2020. AFP

Egyptian Covid patient falls to his death at Nile Delta hospital

Egypt is currently gripped by a second wave of the virus, as the government tries to avoid another lockdown

January 11, 2021

Sudan's Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Yasser Abbas, right, and Foreign Minister Omar Gamar Al Din discuss a point during an online meeting with their Egyptian and Ethiopian counterparts on January 10, 2020. AFP

Ethiopia's Nile dam talks collapse over role of African Union water experts

Sudan insists that specialists be allowed to resolve differences over dam's operation

January 11, 2021

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Hamza Hendawi

Fighting in Sudan’s Darfur kills 250 and forces 100,000 to flee

Egypt launches Covid-19 vaccination campaign

Domestic pressures in Sudan and Ethiopia whet appetite for war

Exclusive Cairo club in hot water over lewd cake controversy

Clashes in Sudan’s West Darfur leave 129 dead amid growing concerns

Violence in West Darfur kills 83

Huge archaeological find in Egypt includes 50 mummies and a temple

Ethiopia-Sudan border conflict escalates with Al Burhan visit

Not all mummies and statues: meet the Egyptian archaeologist studying ancient food

Sudan blames Ethiopia for civilian deaths amid fears of new conflict

More women than ever join Egypt’s new parliament

Egypt reopens airspace to flights from Qatar

Quartet countries call for US co-operation on Middle East peace process

Egyptian Covid patient falls to his death at Nile Delta hospital

Ethiopia's Nile dam talks collapse over role of African Union water experts

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